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Chapter 26

           OnleavingOmaha,itpassesalongtheleftbankofthePlatteRiverasfarasthejunctionofitsnorthernbranch,followsitssouthernbranch,crossestheLaramieterritoryandtheWahsatchMountains,turnstheGreatSaltLake,andreachesSaltLakeCity,theMormoncapital,plungesintotheTuillaValley,acrosstheAmericanDesert,CedarandHumboldtMountains,theSierraNevada,anddescends,viaSacramento,tothePacificitsgrade,evenontheRockyMountains,neverexceedingonehundredandtwelvefeettothemile.

           Suchwastheroadtobetraversedinsevendays,whichwouldenablePhileasFoggatleast,sohehopedtotaketheAtlanticsteameratNewYorkonthe11thforLiverpool.

           Thecarwhichheoccupiedwasasortoflongomnibusoneightwheels,andwithnocompartmentsintheinterior.Itwassuppliedwithtworowsofseats,perpendiculartothedirectionofthetrainoneithersideofanaislewhichconductedtothefrontandrearplatforms.Theseplatformswerefoundthroughoutthetrain,andthepassengerswereabletopassfromoneendofthetraintotheother.Itwassuppliedwithsalooncars,balconycars,restaurants,andsmoking-cars;theatrecarsalonewerewanting,andtheywillhavethesesomeday.

           Bookandnewsdealers,sellersofedibles,drinkables,andcigars,whoseemedtohaveplentyofcustomers,werecontinuallycirculatingintheaisles.

           ThetrainleftOaklandstationatsixo’clock.Itwasalreadynight,coldandcheerless,theheavensbeingovercastwithcloudswhichseemedtothreatensnow.Thetraindidnotproceedrapidly;countingthestoppages,itdidnotrunmorethantwentymilesanhour,whichwasasufficientspeed,however,toenableittoreachOmahawithinitsdesignatedtime.

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